Water-supply valve.



H. GARDENIER. WATER SUPPLY VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1907.

Patented June 8, 1909.

ll/III A H WITNESSES ATTORNEY.

-. UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

HENRYGARDENIER, or m'riiasou; naw'iiia'snr.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GARDENIER, a citizen of' the UnitedStates, residing at Pat- I erson, nthe county of Passaic and State of 5 New Jersey, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Water Supply Yalves, of which the following is a specifica-- tion, reference being bad therein to the accom anying drawing.

more simple and expeditious the replacing of an elastic or flexible diaphragm or packing in water-supply valves; to provide an economical form of packii that may be inserted and removed with fac ity; to simplify the construction' of water supply valves and. their accessories; to provide a valve in and from which the Ipacking may be placed and-removed wit out separating and unscrewing I the parts of the valve structure or casing;

and to obviate the many difficulties experienced by plumbers .in replacing old and worn out packin by new in all the types of water-supply va ves now in vogue.

2 In the valves now in use the packing is not easily accessible and can only be reached and removed b unscrewing the arts that inclose it, which is'often a difficult 'ob owing to the corrosion or' rust resulting rom the action of the water or chemical ingredients contained therein.

y The invention consists of avalve and valve casing of simpleand novel construction into which the packing is inserted from the outside without dismemberment of the valve' or casing.

The invention is illustrated in the acpom- I panying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of. a

40 ball-cock valve with my improvements, the elastic or flexible diaphragm or packing being inserted and secured from the outside of the valve-casing; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical view part sectional through the outlet chamber, on the line in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line y'y in Fi 3. a a

From an examination of the drawings it is.

obvious that the diaphragm packing may be Specification ofLettera Patent. Application as April 8,1961. Serial no. scam.

T e object ofmy invention isto render,

' Patented June 8, 1909.

' inserted and withdrawn without the slightest diflicu'-.ty, and the'utility and economy of the construction is apparent.

he valve-casmg -1 may be constructed of one piece, having the port .2--, valveseat 3' and the opening H.

The plun er 4 is operated by the lever 7- to w ich the ordinary ball is secured.

- My so-called packing, -5 is similar to'a tongue the inner end of which is loose and free to vibrate and is inserted from the outside of the valve-casing, through an aperture formed for the purpose, as shown in the drawing, and is securely held inplace, at its outer end, by the screw --6- which permits the inner end to move orvibrate, and to be raised by the inflow of water when @the plunger 4-- is elevated, and to be forced down, closing the port' -2, when the plunger is lowered.

cups which are ifiicult to replace,-by' providing my plunger with a projecting rim -12-'', shown inFigs. l and 3.

Dotted lines in Fig. 1 show how the free or inner end of my removable, flexible packing or die. hra mis raised to o nthe port --2-- and t e so idlines how itc osesthe port.

, In Fig. 4 a plan view of my ack ing or dia' hragm is shown and the straig ts des 13 of tire aperture H through which it is msertpro er position.

, th this description of my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi In a ball-cock water supply valve, the

combination of the"casing having a valve seat, and a lateral opening in alinement ed so that the packing may not shift from its I seat and therewith, a plunger to copei'at'e with said valve seat, a flexible diaphragm be'tween said lungeg said diaphragm being aida ted to eifisertgd and removed through sai lateraiopnmgand to be operated in anedirection by thepressureof the Water and in the other direction by the said plunger, means 'fol'pperating said plunger,-

and means to secure said diaphragm within said opening. 10 In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- I'LENRY (:ARDICNHCR.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR CLIFFE, JOHN. F. liic m. 

